Grace notes

Music Glossary: grace notes, acciaccatura, appoggiatura.

Grace notes are created with the \grace command, although they can also be created by prefixing a music expression with the keyword \appoggiatura (a grace note with a slur to its main note) or \acciaccatura (a slashed grace note with a slur to its main note):

\relative {
  c''2 \grace { a32 b } c2 |
  c2 \appoggiatura b16 c2 |
  c2 \acciaccatura b16 c2 |
}

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See also

Notation Reference: Grace notes, Tuplets, Upbeats.

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